My Mother's Day Gift

OK besides my great kids...I got the perfect gift for Mother's Day!  Thanks to Kim for telling JD what I wanted and telling him to just let me go pick it out! 

After assembling it I realized that my scrapbooks only fit in a certain way...which leaves me to believe that I need another one in order to display them all.  Next time they are on sale I will just treat myself to its twin!

Thanks kids for making me a "mother" so I can milk one more gift from your father during the year!

Influenza House!

How can my kids go from this...(yesterday @ noon)

to this??? 

(Mardi's smile is deceiving, but her wet hair isn't from a shower...FEVER!)

She started to fall apart late afternoon yesterday...fever, chills...

then her brother started crying about a sore tummy at 9pm.

This started our whirlwind of a night!

Before I could pour the Tylenol in the cup he was

throwing up all over his bed.

This continued until now...8am he is finally sleeping peacefully.

Mardi was only up twice last night running to the bathroom -

she is so self sufficient!  LOVE HER!
 At least she was able to stomach
some medicine...and Jack well he was introduced to
suppositories! 
Thankfully I still had some kicking around - those things have a long shelf life! 

Once Dad woke this morning he headed to the convenience store

before heading off to work to stock us with

gingerale and movies!

And this is what I will be doing all day...

3 pukey bed changes of blankets!

Too bad Mothers Day is behind us...I am sure I could have milked

this for some diamonds! Heeheehee!

"A" Layout!

Here is one layout I accomplished this morning... and by doing this I realized the reasons I

DO NOT scrapbook at home with my kids!!!

1.  There is no way I can ignore them! Even though they play together so well

and have fun pretending they are dogs(?) or horses(?)

I find I can't concentrate enough on my layout...I am always wondering

which kid is going to get hurt first!

2. Interruptions!  I can not be a mom and focus on what I would like to do

at the same time!  Unfortuately you can't shut off the need for Mom to get something

or to help you...even if the door is 3/4 shut!

3. Too much noise.  Don't get me wrong I LOVE the constant chatter at a scrapbook

table with a bunch of friends but kids noise is too much to handle along with

my iTunes playing in the background!  Nothing seems to drown them out!!!

4.  The mess!  I am a messy scrapper and not only does my husband miss my desk

when I have my crap out ...but I do too.  Yes "Type A" personality affects hobbies too!

5. There is no one (Kim or Haley) to ask where I should put that embellishment,

or what I should title a layout....I am on my own! Not only that

but who do you scraplift from? Maybe these are the

MAIN reasons I only like to scrap with my girls!